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* ScienceImitatesArt: The minor planet 2521 Heidi is named for the main character.
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* ButIPlayOneOnTV: Jennifer Edwards got loads of hate mail for the infamous 'Heidi Bowl' incident, even though she had no control over the broadcast.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Maureen [=McCormick=] was slated to play Heidi, but for unknown reasons, Jennifer Edwards ended up playing it.

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* ButIPlayOneOnTV: Jennifer Edwards got loads of hate mail for the infamous 'Heidi Bowl' "Heidi Game" incident, even though she had no control over the broadcast.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Maureen [=McCormick=] Creator/MaureenMcCormick was slated to play Heidi, but for unknown reasons, reasons Jennifer Edwards ended up playing it.taking the role instead.
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!!The story in general:
* BabyNameTrendStarter: Heidi is a rare name in English-speaking countries. Without the influence of ''Heidi'' and its adaptations, it probably wouldn't be a name at all.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Maureen [=McCormick=] was slated to play Heidi, but for unknown reasons, Jennifer Edwards ended up playing it.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Maureen [=McCormick=] was slated to play Heidi, but for unknown reasons, Jennifer Edwards ended up playing it.it.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Shirley Temple suggested Delmar Watson for the role of Peter, having worked with him in ''The Last Man''.

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* ActorInspiredElement: Shirley Temple suggested Delmar Watson for the role of Peter, having worked with him in ''The ''To The Last Man''.
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* CastingGag: Shirley Temple and Marcia Mae Jones starred together in ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' too - where the latter instead played the antagonistic AlphaBitch Lavinia. What makes this even more amusing is that she received contrasting fan mail afterwards. After ''A Little Princess'', she got hate mail from people complaining how mean her character was. After ''Heidi'', she got letters of thanks from disabled children.
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* {{Jossed}}: It was reported that Shirley Temple suggested the "In Our Little Wooden Shoes" sequence as a way of livening up the movie. In her autobiography, she denied this, saying she had no creative control over her films. In fact, she wasn't keen on the sequence - as she was hoping the studio would build on her more dramatic turn in ''Wee Willie Winkie''.
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!!The 1937 film:
* ActorInspiredElement: Shirley Temple suggested Delmar Watson for the role of Peter, having worked with him in ''The Last Man''.
* CaliforniaDoubling: The scenes in the Alps were of course filmed in California.
* CastingGag: Shirley Temple and Marcia Mae Jones starred together in ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' too - where the latter instead played the antagonistic AlphaBitch Lavinia. What makes this even more amusing is that she received contrasting fan mail afterwards. After ''A Little Princess'', she got hate mail from people complaining how mean her character was. After ''Heidi'', she got letters of thanks from disabled children.
* DeletedScene: A scene where Heidi teaches Peter how to read.
* EnforcedMethodActing:
** Delmar Watson was only given his lines the day before his scenes because the director wanted Peter to seem "slow".
** Shirley Temple didn't know she was going to get squirted in the face when milking the goat; her surprised reaction is genuine.
* {{Jossed}}: It was reported that Shirley Temple suggested the "In Our Little Wooden Shoes" sequence as a way of livening up the movie. In her autobiography, she denied this, saying she had no creative control over her films. In fact, she wasn't keen on the sequence - as she was hoping the studio would build on her more dramatic turn in ''Wee Willie Winkie''.
* NoStuntDouble: Shirley Temple did the first few takes of Heidi getting butted by a goat herself. While it wasn't painful, her mother soon grew worried, and the remaining takes used a double.

!!The 1968 TV film:
* ButIPlayOneOnTV: Jennifer Edwards got loads of hate mail for the infamous 'Heidi Bowl' incident, even though she had no control over the broadcast.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Maureen [=McCormick=] was slated to play Heidi, but for unknown reasons, Jennifer Edwards ended up playing it.

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